Iowa State at Minnesota

Saturday, October 5, 1912

Minnesota beat Iowa State 5–⁠0. It was their 17th meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 15–⁠2.

AwayIowa State6–⁠2 in 1912
0
HomeMinnesota4–⁠3 in 1912
5

FinalHigh 86°F, low 58°FAttendance 4,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: CLOSE GRIDIRON BATTLE. Minnesota Had to Hustle to Beat Iowa Aggies, 5 to 0.

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 6, 1912, page 60

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    CLOSE GRIDIRON BATTLE. Minnesota Had to Hustle to Beat Iowa Aggies, 5 to 0. MINNEAPOLIS. October 5.-The Mime sofa eleven today defeated Iowa State Agricultural College to 0. a 47-yard run off tackle in the third quarter by Hay ward, Minnesota’s right half, followed by two downs and later by Il field goal kicked ,hy Quarterback Tollefson, made three of Minnesota’s points. The two other points came when Capt. Hurst of the Ames team caught Tollefsons kick in the fourth down Of the fourth quarter OH Ames’ goal line and stepped back of the line. The officials credited Minnesota with a safety.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Minnesota 64% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Minnesota leads 22–⁠3–⁠1 in 26 meetings, counting the nine since this game.

Recent meetings
2009Iowa State 14, Minnesota 13Insight Bowl
1997Minnesota 53, Iowa State 29
1990Minnesota 20, Iowa State 16
1989Minnesota 30, Iowa State 20
1924Iowa State 7, Minnesota 7
1923Minnesota 20, Iowa State 17

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